The Lovebirdsの短編からの質問
- For the lovebirds were such wonderful birds!--they were not only wonderful to look at, with their smooth grass-green bodies and long blue tail-feathers, they were wonderful because they could give you a fortune for a penny; and you can't get a fortune much cheaper than that.
- 最後のand you can't get a fortune much cheaper than that.のthatは、a pennyのことですか？
- a pennyとone pennyという表現をした場合、意味は同じなのでしょうか？
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Eleanor Farjeonの『The Lovebirds』という短編からの質問です。 For the lovebirds were such wonderful birds!--they were not only wonderful to look at, with their smooth grass-green bodies and long blue tail-feathers, they were wonderful because they could give you a fortune for a penny; and you can't get a fortune much cheaper than that. 最後のand you can't get a fortune much cheaper than that.のthatは、a pennyのことですか？ a pennyとone pennyという表現をした場合、意味は同じなのでしょうか？ よろしくお願いいたします。
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that = a penny でよいと思います。 a penny は some penniesと， one penny は two pennies (pence), three pennies (pence)... と呼応すると考えてはどうでしょうか。 a penny は数えているわけではありません。 不特定の可算の単数名詞には a をつけざるをえません。 しかし，1ペニーと数えているわけではありません。 ペニーという小額のお金ほどのという意味です。
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回答してくださってありがとうございます！ a penny は数えているわけではないんですね。 ご解説、勉強になりました！ありがとうございます！